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1. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
4. The state of owing money.
8. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
13. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
14. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
15. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
16. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
23. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
24. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
26. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
29. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
34. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
35. Before noon.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A bachelor's degree in religion.
38. A small vessel for travel on water.
41. An informal term for a father.
46. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
47. The residue that remains when something is burned.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. Having leadership guidance.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. The sign language used in the United States.
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1. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
2. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Capable of existing or taking place or proving true.
5. Late time of life.
6. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
7. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
8. Anthropologist and linguist.
9. A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River north of Bangor.
10. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
40. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
42. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
43. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A light touch or stroke.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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